#AAD438#AAD438

#AAD438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.181 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD438
RGB	rgb(170, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -34.64, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 76.20, 117.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.101 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.181 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8353, 55.9182, 12.3826)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD438 #6238D4

analogous

#D4B038 #AAD438 #5CD438

triadic

#AAD438 #38AAD4 #D438AA

tetradic

#AAD438 #38D4B0 #6238D4 #D4385C

square

#AAD438 #38D4B0 #6238D4 #D4385C

split-complementary

#AAD438 #385CD4 #B038D4

monochromatic

#5E781A #86AA25 #AAD438 #BFDF6A #D5EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AAD438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#AAD438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD438

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD438	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.181 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e17a',
    500: '#aad438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad438;
$custom-light: #c7e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81207,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD438

secondary

#463080

accent

#40E76D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD438

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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